The famous Krupp family of Germany has a long and at times controversial history. The history of the family can be traced to the early 15th Century but the family is more historically well - known as the originators of the first major steel-works in Germany in 1811. (Biography: Krupp) This was to...

Night is an excellent book. It is a very vivid and detailed account of the concentration camps during World War II. It is told through the eyes of a young man, Elie Wiesel. This book is extremely thought-provoking. In the book, Elie describes his fear and terror of being brought to a ghetto with hi...

Charles Kingsford-Smith was born in the Brisbane suburb of Hamilton, Australia, on February 9, 1897, the youngest of seven children. He graduated from Sydney Technical College as an Electrical Engineer at age 16. When he was only 18, he joined up as a soldier in the First World War and later became ...

Finding a job in any field has become very competitive. In the broadcasting industry, the competition among applicants for a job has become even tougher. The broadcasting field has become one of the most competitive and cut-throat businesses for college students to get into. It is easy to think whe...

Stephen AmbroseStephen Ambrose, A.K.A. "Farm Boy", wasn't always an author and even in his peak only did it in his free time, yet he is considered the best historical author of the 20th century by many. Growing up on a farm in Wisconsin, Ambrose was hardly ever exposed to books or other literature....

Fifth Buisness Character Name Change WhatÕs in a Name? In Fifth Business, many of the characters change their names as their lives develop. Those who change their names are Paul Dempster, Percy Boyd Staunton, and Dunstable Ramsay. T...

In the book Sergeant York: An American Hero, by Author/Historian David D. Lee produces an biography of the World War 1 soldier who single-handedly killed 25 and captured 132 Germans during the battle of the Argonne. .0Lee's study also deals with York's long postwar efforts to bring schools...

Introduction Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889. He was an important part of German history, but led one of the most well known massacres of the German country. In all, he killed about six million people of the Jewish community. He was insanely psychopathic, for he wanted a "perfect&q...

By late 1943 the Germans war efforts in Russia where looking more and more bleak. With a large number of German forces still entrenched in the Russian heartland problems that they faced where surmounting quickly. One would have to look back at 1942 to see the beginning of the difficulties the German...

There were many links between the conclusion of WW1 and WW2. A few of these links include; The Treaty of Versailles, the rise to power of the Nazi party, the holocaust, the great depression and many more causes. The main factor which led to WWII though was Hitler, and his racial, anti-Semitism ide...

General George Smith Patton, Jr. came into this world as a baby on November 11, 1885, and left this world a legend on December 25, 1945(Stokesbury 199). General Patton was many things on this earth, including a soldier, general, pilot, athlete, father, hero and legend(Kay).During the early years of...

Koryo, or otherwise known in America as the southern portion of Korea, is a very diverse nation with a long history of cultural influences, and war. Nevertheless, it still manages to be a tasteful nation with an incomparable culture.A brief history of Korea: Korea, one of the oldest nations in the w...

Remembering and MemorializingA memorial is very important to most people and its purpose is to keep remembrances of a person or event. Another purpose of a memorial is to keep a person's identity for a loved one. Memorials are an important place for people to share memories, thoughts and tributes ...

Margaret Bourke-White never thought that she would become a famous photographer. In 1921, when Margaret was 17, she went to college to study herpetology (the study of snakes and reptiles). That same year her father died leaving her family with little money. To stay in college Margaret got a job taki...

Adolf Hitler was a brilliant man, but his twisted thoughts and hunger for power was the key to his downfall. Most people do not realize how intelligent he was. But how many people could turn a country like Germany, with its economy in ruins, into a great empire that would rival the rest of the wor...

Adolf Hitler was the Fuhrer (leader) of the Nazi Germany, the instigator of World War 2 and the driving force behind the attempt to exterminate European Jewry, otherwise know as the Final Solution or the Holocaust. Hitler was born on 20 April 1889 at Braunau - am - Inn, Austria, Hungary. He was the ...

Politics in The Big Money Politics is one of the major themes of "The Big Money" becausepolitics, and people's reactions to political leaders, were such a big partof the early 20th century. This was a time when workers were fighting fortheir rights all around the world, and sometimes, they pa...

Book ReviewI. Authors BackgroundStephen E. Ambrose was born in 1936. He grew up in Whitewater, Wisconsin. Ambrose has two brothers named Harry and Bill. Harry is two years older and Bill is two years younger. Ambrose's father was a navy doctor in the Pacific. His mother worked in a Pea Cannery....